Publication/Presentation Date

11-1-2017

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Whether the consequences of diabetes mellitus (DM) are worse for women than for men treated with drug-eluting stents (DES) and antiplatelet therapy remain unclear.

METHODS: Patients from the Assessment of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy With Drug-Eluting Stents study were stratified according to sex and DM status. We investigated the sex-specific effect of DM on high on-clopidogrel platelet reactivity (HPR), defined as a P2Y12 reaction units ≥208, and the adjusted association of DM on the 2-year risk for coronary thrombotic events (CTE), defined as spontaneous myocardial infarction or definite or probable stent thrombosis.

RESULTS: Out of 8582 patients included in the study, 829 were women with DM (9.6%) and 1954 were men with DM (16.2%). The prevalence of insulin-treated DM (ITDM) was greater in women (p

CONCLUSIONS: In a population treated with DES and antiplatelet therapy, the risk for CTE associated with DM seems to be greater in women and was independent of HPR.